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A contemporary jazz with mixed influences, focused on overall cohesion rather than individual virtuosity; this is what Montreal based trio Misc aim for. If the musicians hail from the jazz tradition they are clearly not limited to it, flirting mainly with pop, rock and electronic music and using a wide range of effects, sampled field recordings and orchestration tricks.

With an extended experience of several tours across Canada and Europe, the band Misc launched their self-titled album in the spring of 2016. That year, the album was nominated at the ADISQ Awards Gala in the Jazz Album of the Year category. and is the recipient of the jazz album of the year at GAMIQ Awards. Winner of the Grand Prize at the Rimouski Jazz Fest in 2011, named Radio-Canada Revelation in 2014-15 and recipient of the Jazz Album of the Year at ADISQ Awards Gala in 2014, the trio is soon to be back in full force with a new opus titled Partager l’ambulance which translates to Sharing the Ambulance.

Misc: Partager l'ambulance

Read "Partager l'ambulance" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
April 9, 2021

Montreal piano-led trio Misc use their album title and artwork here to reflect on a post-Covid world. The title translates as “Sharing The Ambulance" and the cover is like an apocalyptic cartoon, showing a disused hospital truck furnished with hi-fi and easy chair floating in the sky. It could be a still from any Studio Ghibli film and thus appropriate to an album which soundtracks its own dreamlike drama. At the 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival, the group interpreted ...